Heralds of Jesus

All round the earth

what wea­ry hearts are ach­ing

And heav’n­ward go what clouds of sec­ret sighs;

What lone­ly

la­den ones from sin are wak­ing

Turning to God

their ea­ger

hun­gry eyes.

Heralds of Je­sus

her­alds of light

Go where the lost are found;

Bind up each bleed­ing wound

Go where the dark­ness is

Drive back the night.

Lo! ships are plough­ing far

on ev­ery ocean

And sails of traf­fic filled by ev­ery breeze;

When will God’s peo­ple

clothed with like de­vo­tion

Send Gos­pel balm to bring the bur­dened ease?

Star of earth’s night

great Her­ald of the morn­ing

We see Thy sign glow in th’ho­ri­zon there;

Fresh cour­age take

all pains and per­ils scorn­ing

And bring our gifts to Thee

with praise and pray­er.

Lift Thou the sha­dows fill­ing thick around us

Lord

show Thy­self

and lead Thy peo­ple on!

Break Thou the fet­ters that in sin have bound us

And sin and sor­row shall from earth be gone.